timber vs colour

colour vs timber

timber and colour both are nouns.

timber is not an adjective while colour is an adjective.

timber is not a verb while colour is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
timber	Yes	No	No	No
colour	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, colour is a hyponym of timber; that is, colour is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than timber:

timber: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
colour: the timbre of a musical sound

Other hyponyms of timber include harmonic, resonance, color, coloration, colouration, nasality, plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy, shrillness, stridence, stridency, register, metallicity.

timber (noun)	colour (noun)
a beam made of wood	a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
a post made of wood	the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)	the timbre of a musical sound
land that is covered with trees and shrubs	interest and variety and intensity
the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material	an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
	(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
	any material used for its color

timber (adjective)	colour (adjective)
	having or capable of producing colors

timber (verb)	colour (verb)
	change color, often in an undesired manner
	add color to
	affect as in thought or feeling
	give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
	decorate with colors
	modify or bias

Difference between timber and colour

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